Is this opinion just from here? Because, truth-be-told, I avoid the major 49ers forums as well. However, I think that a good majority of all fans are over-dramatic and hyper-reactive.

I find that several 49ers' fans on here are pretty rational observers.

I think it's a combination of winning with the fact that the participation amongst 49ers fans on this site, is pretty high.

As it relates to this topic... I'm not a fan of the thread, to begin with. And I've never been a fan of people joining a site, or changing SNs, just to start a topic of conversation. Let's hope BaalkeBalls can be a rational fan and contributer.

Is this opinion just from here? Because, truth-be-told, I avoid the major 49ers forums as well. However, I think that a good majority of all fans are over-dramatic and hyper-reactive.

I find that several 49ers' fans on here are pretty rational observers.

I think it's a combination of winning with the fact that the participation amongst 49ers fans on this site, is pretty high.

As it relates to this topic... I'm not a fan of the thread, to begin with. And I've never been a fan of people joining a site, or changing SNs, just to start a topic of conversation. Let's hope BaalkeBalls can be a rational fan and contributer.

I guess what's annoyed me more than anyting has been the throwing of Alex Smith under the bus by Jim Harbaugh and the ho-hum attitude that some Niner fans have about it. It's the biggest hatchet job i've seen in several decades of following the NFL. Individually most of your fan base has been pretty easy to get along with.

On an unrelated topic i find Patriot and Vikings fans the fairest and most reasonable on this site. (Don't ask me why)

he's not pretty good, short or not. he's entirely mediocre. he's in the bottom 5 qbs in the league that i think could win the game in the final few minutes. he's in the bottom 5 qbs in the league that i think are capable of leading a td drive. if he didn't have lynch to hand off to, that offense would be a joke. if he didn't have the defense to lean on, the seahawks would be dead last in the west. i'm not sure there's a single thing that nfl-russell wilson does particularly well.

edit: i should note, in spite of the above, that i don't think he's horrible. i just don't think he's very good right now.

He's driven the Seahawks down the field and scored touchdowns several times in the fourth quarter when we needed to score. The Lions and Miami both drove down and scored in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter; those losses aren't the result of Wilson failing to score, they were failure by our defense to stop other teams' passing attacks, which is supposed to be their speciality. Also, particularly at the beginning of the season, Pete Carroll was extremely conservative with the plays they called for him. So he doesn't account for as much as our offense as other quarterbacks do for theirs, but he's been very efficient and he's more clutch than you're giving him credit for. In fact, I'd say it's one of his strong suits. Your assessment is exaggerated. It's definitely a run-heavy team, but that's not a reason to call Wilson a bottom-5 QB. He's better than that. "Pretty good" is a perfectly reasonable designation. He's been making plays all year.

He's driven the Seahawks down the field and scored touchdowns several times in the fourth quarter when we needed to score. The Lions and Miami both drove down and scored in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter; those losses aren't the result of Wilson failing to score, they were failure by our defense to stop other teams' passing attacks, which is supposed to be their speciality. Also, particularly at the beginning of the season, Pete Carroll was extremely conservative with the plays they called for him. So he doesn't account for as much as our offense as other quarterbacks do for theirs, but he's been very efficient and he's more clutch than you're giving him credit for. In fact, I'd say it's one of his strong suits. Your assessment is exaggerated. It's definitely a run-heavy team, but that's not a reason to call Wilson a bottom-5 QB. He's better than that. "Pretty good" is a perfectly reasonable designation. He's been making plays all year.

I don't think he's bottom 5 either, but what late 4th quarter drives are you talking about? He threw an interception against Green Bay at the end of the game that inexplicably got ruled as a catch, and he threw a decent post route to Sydney Rice on a play where the safety inexplicably didn't use the right technique against the Patriots. Any QB in the league would have made that read/throw and completed it.

There isn't really anything positive to take from either of those late drives.

IMO Russell Wilson is right there with Luck and RG3 as performing at an unexpectedly high level for a rookie QB.

He's thrown for more TDs than Griffin,(17 to 16) and less INTs than Luck.
I've been impresses with Wilson the few times I've seen him play. I thought Matt FLynn would have supplanted Wilson by now as the Seahawks starter.

i wouldn't (and didn't) call him a bottom 5 overall qb, either. and while i didn't see last week's game, i haven't been at all impressed that he could take over a drive and get the team down the field when he needs to. i trust him about as much as i ever trusted tebow, in that regard.

I misread you. You said "bottom 5 QBs who could lead a game-winning drive" and I took that to mean "among the 5 worst at leading game-winning drives." As far as taking over drives and leading the team down the field, vs Miami might be the best example of that all year, seeing as how Marshawn couldn't get anything going all game. We had two 80-yard touchdown drives, and they were all on him.

i'll have to watch the game at some point, as that was the lone game i've completely missed this year (yes, i have friends who are actually seahawks fans, admit it publicly, and drag me to bars so they can watch the games... ugh).

Having seen all their other games, you do have to admit the playcalling in the passing game was maddeningly conservative through the first half of the season. They really weren't letting him do very much (as opposed to Luck, Griffin, Tannehill and Weeden), but in recent weeks they've been opening up the playbook and Sidney Rice and Golden Tate are both playing better. Especially with rookie quarterbacks, the second half of the season is more important to the evaluation than the first, and Wilson's only been improving.

Are the 9ers fans winning the most annoying fanbase award this season?

I think the Niners fan base has been one of the most annoying for a few years running now. They've just started to pop up more, because when a team starts to win their fans get that much more annoying. If you think it's really so bad here, you should check out the official 49ers message board. It's non-stop insecurity and paranoia about their own players there.

I think the Niners fan base has been one of the most annoying for a few years running now. They've just started to pop up more, because when a team starts to win their fans get that much more annoying. If you think it's really so bad here, you should check out the official 49ers message board. It's non-stop insecurity and paranoia about their own players there.

btw .. I'm a Niners fan.

You can say that about any team. Go to the Ravens, Steelers, Patriots, or Saints board and every one of those places the majority of the fans are knuckleheads complaining about trivial or mundane issues while their team is successful and/or it's homer central.

You can say that about any team. Go to the Ravens, Steelers, Patriots, or Saints board and every one of those places the majority of the fans are knuckleheads complaining about trivial or mundane issues while their team is successful.

This.

I grew up outside of Buffalo during the height of the Jim Kelly era. I hated the Bills the most of all teams... because of being around their fans.

I now live in the Pittsburgh area, and I dislike the Steelers the most for the same reasons.

I can only assume that if I'd live in the Bay area, I'd likely hate the 49ers.

i like him as a player, and i hope he keeps improving. but i've spent most of the season really glad that he wasn't on my team this year.

For one thing, I think you're underestimating Golden Tate. His college highlight reels might have the most circus catches I've ever seen in a single player's college career, and he's had the same reputation in camp throughout his Seahawks career... he just couldn't do enough other things to crack the starting lineup. Now that he has, it seems like there's a new tate.gif every game. One thing he does well is catch passes you think he shouldn't be able to.

And the other thing is that while you see a QB who should take off and run with it more, we've been watching Matt Hasselbeck for years. Easiest quarterback to sack in the league. Collapse the pocket, and he falls down. Russell Wilson is so much better at avoiding the rush we're just happy the play lasted longer.

For one thing, I think you're underestimating Golden Tate. His college highlight reels might have the most circus catches I've ever seen in a single player's college career, and he's had the same reputation in camp throughout his Seahawks career... he just couldn't do enough other things to crack the starting lineup. Now that he has, it seems like there's a new tate.gif every game. One thing he does well is catch passes you think he shouldn't be able to.

And the other thing is that while you see a QB who should take off and run with it more, we've been watching Matt Hasselbeck for years. Easiest quarterback to sack in the league. Collapse the pocket, and he falls down. Russell Wilson is so much better at avoiding the rush we're just happy the play lasted longer.

I think the Niners fan base has been one of the most annoying for a few years running now. They've just started to pop up more, because when a team starts to win their fans get that much more annoying. If you think it's really so bad here, you should check out the official 49ers message board. It's non-stop insecurity and paranoia about their own players there.